Customer Rating: Summary: Get real. Read this please. Comment: Just to add to what others thought about the film. I think its strange how for 30 years, nothing happens to the lady. Then all of a sudden, her husband is beaten to death and she dies for three weeks. The next 3 months she has instances where someone was going to kill her or harm her 3 times completely unrelated to her first encounter. WTF? She blowes them all away and walks! What is up with the sudden bad luck like that (or good luck too)? And the ending? Don't get me started. This movie is totally unbeleivable. I got the point, I guess. Watch out who you try to kill or harm. There may be a lady one day who will blow you away with an illegal gun. So whatch out thugs! Customer Rating: Summary: Satisfied Comment: I was very pleased with the movie....it came packaged like new as advertised. Also I received it in just a few days...good service Customer Rating: Summary: Tense and complicated story of a female vigilante Comment: I didn't expect much from this 2007 film. But Jodie Forster was in it and she's such a fine actor that I love seeing her work on the screen. She's cast as a vigilante who takes out revenge on all the bad guys who come her way. The acting is so good, however, that I soon forgot that this was a formula film. Jodie Forster seems to actually live the psychological terror and helplessness that befall her after her fiance is brutally beaten to death as they walk their dog in Central Park. Yes, the bad guys are all stereotyped. I expected that. And it reflects a scary New York of random violence that existed about 15 years ago and which is different today. But it didn't take me long to relate to her and, to the director's credit, he kept the scenes short so they didn't weigh down the film. Terrance Howard, cast as an understanding cop, is someone I admire too. As the bad guys start dropping he soon becomes suspicious and his relationship with Forster is tense and complicated.
Even though I knew the general outline of the plot, I was never bored for a minute. This is not a great film, but has great acting and a fast paced plot. I certainly recommend it.
Customer Rating: Summary: "The Bad One" Comment: The premise of this movie is a good one: Erica Bain (Jodie Foster), a public radio essayist, and her fiance, David (Naveen Andrews), are violently attacked in Central Park one night by a couple of hoodlums. David doesn't survive, and Erica remains unconscious for weeks before finally reemerging in a new world where she finds herself completely alone. Afraid but determined never to be a victim again, Erica purchases a firearm illegally, and soon finds herself threatened by a man in a convenience store. Erica uses her gun to protect herself, and finds that the only way she can cope with her new life is to go around New York City and take out a bunch of bad guys vigilante-style.
Foster delivers an excellent performance in this movie, as usual, and Terrence Howard is great in his role of a police detective. Unfortunately, though, there are so many things about this movie that are completely far-fetched, from the outrageous number of dangerous situations Erica finds herself in day after day to the behavior of Howard's character when he finds out exactly what Erica's been up to. It's very disappointing, because "The Brave One" has all the makings of a really great movie, but the script itself is really stupid in places, and that ruined the whole film for me. The best thing about the movie is that Erica's dog ends up okay at the end, and that's about all I really cared about by the time the film was over. What a waste of two hours of my life (and of Jodie Foster's talent)! Customer Rating: Summary: Slightly hokey, but overall well-worth a watch Comment: To my surprise, I found myself quite entranced by this mystery movie of a traumatized woman who takes justice into her own hands.
I know there are plenty of vigilante movies out there, and to be perfectly honest this one doesn't do much that is original. We get the obligatory philosophical debate of the morality of killing thugs who deserve it, minus that crucial law step.
But mostly, this is a movie that impresses it self most by some impressive performances from its leads and the fact that, despite whatever our opinion is on the vigilante syndrome, there is something pretty darn neat about watching jerks get shot in the face by Jodie Foster. Indeed, I pretty much ignored the good/evil debate and happily waited for Ms. Foster to take out another hoodlum.
Plus, I thought the filming was just plain pretty--in a dark and sinister kind of way.
If guns and good acting is all it takes to keep you happy, this will be worth your viewing.
